I'm probably posting the bloody obvious here, but people do realise that photo and the close up aren't the same picture. Firstly, the ring is narrower on GWB's finger. Also, the ring is further from GWB's knuckles than in the close-up.
BTW, I use Win2000 for my games (and everything else) too. 98% of games run fine. The only ones I haven't got to run find only fail because they deliberately check the OS and fail if it's not Win9X.
Cheers,
Quboid
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